Don’t be afraid to take time to learn. It’s good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.
VERA WANGThe intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.
More Vera Wang Quotes
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I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I’m much more of a girl that’s a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.
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I brought color to bridal. There was one whole season of blush. If you think about the bareness, the illusion (fabric), the corsets that I did in bridal, they were trends in ready-to-wear, too.
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I wanted to breathe new life into the timeless trend of past, present and future. These unique designs celebrate the bride and groom’s passage through their new life together.
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When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.
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Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
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We got a lot of letters of people who didn’t like them, like my own family who thought they were unnecessary and unpleasant and taking advantage of women in a sad situation – I never saw that. And I think that sometimes, you have to take a risk.
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People get very trapped where they are. When they hear ‘fashion’ they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it’s so elitist.
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Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one’s head as a designer.
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Service is a prerequisite for anything relating to luxury. That makes it (shopping) sensual and pleasurable.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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I love a black wedding dress.
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I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.
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I was the girl who nobody thought would ever get married. I was going to be a fashion nun the rest of my life. There are generations of them, those fashion nuns, living, eating, breathing clothes.
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I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.
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I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.
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